Course code

MLG6009.LT

old course code

MLG6009

Course title in Estonian

Maailma majandus- ja poliitiline geograafia

Course title in English

World Economic and Political Geography

ECTS credits

4.0

Assessment form

Examination

lecturer of 2024/2025 Autumn semester

Not opened for teaching. Click the study programme link below to see the nominal division schedule.

lecturer of 2024/2025 Spring semester

Not opened for teaching. Click the study programme link below to see the nominal division schedule.

Course aims

To give an overview of the main theoretical approaches to the world political and economic geography. To develop skills of written and oral communication by preparing and presenting presentations related to topics studied.

Brief description of the course

General overview of political geography and geopolitics from 1875 to 1945, political geography of the Cold War, contemporary approaches to political and economic geography as well as overview of theoretical and practical approaches to world economic geography.

Learning outcomes in the course

Upon completing the course the student:
- has capability to analyze theoretical origin of world ecology and political geography.

Teacher

Maj. kand. Kalev Kukk

Prerequisite course 1

Introduction to Human Geography (MLG6007.LT)

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